heilemann. and co-founder of punch bowl news, jake sherman is with us. he's an msnbc political contributor. let's get to the news. the acting chief of the u.s. capitol police testified yesterday on the intelligence failure leading up to the january 6th riot. the chief, who was not in charge of the department on the day of the riot, addressed the controversy surrounding an fbi report received by the department a day before the insurrection which warned that militia groups were "preparing for war and targeting congress." >> it was shared with task force agents that are imbedded from capitol police with the fbi. they, in turn, sent that email that they received to a lieutenant within the protective and intelligence operations side of the house. that information was not then forwarded any further up the chain. so that is a lesson learned for u.s. capitol police. >>> acting chief pittman also said that the enhanced level of security around the capitol will remain in place at least through president b

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heilemann reports from mexico city. the former president's secret white mansion and a government scam to defraud the poor and vulnerable just 2 seismic investigations in mexico city that were helped by the country's publicly funded the autonomous transparency institution. or to go on what to one of them. if this institution didn't exist none of these investigations which have proved wide ranging corruption would have been possible. it was yes but now the president wants to scrap the institution through which citizens can request government documents he's reasons one it's expensive to it's ineffective and 3 it's politically motivated dogshit to sort and in all of these organs were created just for simulation they cost a lot of money public money the people's money. is complying it s. accompanied his commission house actually the transparency in situ costs 0.01 percent of the national budget by them that's $100.00 times less than the government spends on the armed forces and it doesn't as the president said look the relea

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. >> our friend john heilemann joins this conversation. pick up on what claire is talking about. we're in this sort of underneath the looking glass world where we are affirmed that we're on the right track when we hear a far-right conservative say the same thing. that was the impact of right-wing conservative lawyer chuck cooper's op-ed in the "wall street journal." that was the impact of republican senator cassidy from louisiana coming out and affirming that what we all saw with our own eyes was indeed what we saw with our own eyes. but if you can pick up on the abdication of hearing and listening and participating. i mean, these were nonparticipation moves by many of the republicans who rifled papers and refused to look up. and i have not heard any reporting or any interviews where any of them suggested they were anywhere other than barricaded inside their own offices. where does this new fact immune posture come from? in a post-trump gop. >> well, yeah, i mean, unfortunately, nicole, it's not new. it's been creeping into the republican party for not just -- we always like to c

heilemann is following events for us from mexico city. i think this is the 1st time that he's been directly signalled that he's being investigated by the united states it's not however the 1st time he's been implicated in the same case back in january he was quoted in court documents as saying he wanted to shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos referring to the americans that's what someone else said that he said back in 2019 his own brother was convicted of drug trafficking so there's been a lot of rumors and a lot of controversy swirling around one orlando and on this for some time now the country that he presides over honduras is 157180 countries in the corruption perception index of transparency international so i think a lot of people in that country that we've obviously visited many times are going to be surprised by this tool they've seen the rule of law in that country continually undercut by this administration itself and by politicians in general in the country now what there is an implication here for is not just one

our john thanks a lot john heilemann reporting from mexico city opposition politicians in haiti have named the president an effort to drive out jeff in the moyes as joseph messina as your louis who has been selected as the new leader is the oldest judge in the country supreme court the opposition says that president is his 5 year term expired on sunday but the president says he still has another year to rule more than 20 people were arrested on sunday for an alleged coupe thought or joseph messina as your louis has released a video message accepting the appointment by haiti's opposition. following the resolution of the judiciary officially noting the end of the constitutional mandate of the president of the republic has excellent seems to recover no moyse on the 7th of february 2021 i declare that i accept the choice of the opposition and civil society for serve my country as in term president of the transition of rupture the united states says it will reengage with the un human rights council after leaving under former president donald trump back in 2018 states anthony blinken echoe

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heilemann. >> john who? john -- i never heard of -- how do you pronounce that last name? heilemann? >> no. >> the host of "way too early" kasie hunt is with us. and founder and author of the conservative bulwark and how the right lost its mind, charlie sykes. >> boy, that title just keeps getting morel vanity by the day. >> as willie mentioned, the third highest ranking house republican liz cheney will remain in leadership after beating back a secret ballot challenge to strip her of her title as conference chair. sources say 145 house republicans voted to keep cheney on while 61 backed the resolution to remove her from house leadership because of her vote to impeach former president donald trump. that is just under 30% of the conference, far fewer than what was anticipated. one source affiliated with the freedom caucus said they couldn't believe the whip count was so off. here's congresswoman cheney after the meeting. >> we did have a terrific vote tonight, a terrific time this evening laying out what we're

and joining us now, john heilemann, nbc news and msnbc national affairs analyst. host of the hell and high water podcast from the recount, a podcast i recently appeared on. john heilemann, the republicans -- the democrats spend their day trying to govern. you see them there, they all are gathered in the oval office. they are pushing through a budget resolution in the house of representatives which i was reading today, and they've got one moving in the senate. and they're really moving. republicans spend the day answering questions about what do you think of the latest homicidal maniac statement from marjorie greene? and in the cowardly caucus tonight, the house republicans cast a secret vote about liz cheney allowing her to keep her position of leadership. the vote was 145 in favor of cheney, 61 against. and my favorite vote, one present. so there's a coward in there who is so cowardly that even in a secret ballot, that coward is afraid to vote and just votes present. >> yeah. lawrence, you know, if i were trying to be a comedian i would suggest that that person w

heilemann al-jazeera mexico city. israel has begun demolishing a bedouin village in the occupied west bank for a 2nd time in just 3 months rights groups say they're trying to displace an entire palestinian community from the area to make way for illegal israeli settlements israel says the village was built on military land neither abraham reports now from the occupied west bank. only a few hours after israeli forces demolished their homes these palestinians are rebuilding their homes sold for coverage in the northern jordan valley in the occupied west bank has been home to dozens of palestinians who have lived here for decades israel declared the area as a military training zone in the 1980 s. and has been demolishing structures here ever since it was going to be after rebuild they come back take pictures on the mall is the village again we are tired of having slept. 3 months ago israeli forces raised the whole village on once they came back and demolished what has been rebuilt when we had. the children already scared

heilemann reports now from mexico city in a warning that you might find images in his report disturbing. you know that's something that is going to go a bombshell in mexico tuesday night the killing and burning of 19 people among them guatemalan migrants was perpetrated by police said authorities in time a leap to state. at least 12 members of the state police took part in the events of the 22nd of january this theory gained traction because the crime scene was altered there's an absence of shells and bullets the police also contradicted themselves in their report of the crime and interviews with officers. the suspects are now under arrest that would be much of a consolation to bring the parents backing guatemala who suspected her brother was among the victims even before the news of the alleged police involvement broke. down and. the truth is that everyone was there from our community they all went on that trip said the relatives have told us that they died and that's how we knew that he was one of them. this keeps happening not just the kidnapping killing an explosion of central ameri

and john heilemann is still here. shocking but not surprising all the people around the president, the ones especially the ones who really pardon or life may be in legal hot water. >> solar populated by grifters in orbit around him. it was true of family life growing up. trump was good and repeatedly out of housing programs for using the lawyers and politicians to rip off the government and the lesson and a problem getting caught. and when he entered the white house saying that he was only going to be the best people to join him in the white house, that was an absurdity because he had never run a business with that kind of standard and i think what you're seeing now is the chicken coming home to roost a lot of trouble and doesn't represent an existential threat to donald trump like some of the other people in the trump organization who might as grows closer to the trump family and the trump organization but all of it is the useful reminder of the kind of people trump retained. saying we had to clear the southern borde

john heilemann reports from mexico city and a warning that you might find some of the images in his report disturbing. you know . that's. going to go a bombshell in mexico tuesday night the killing and burning of 19 people among them guatemalan migrants was perpetrated by police said authorities entirely pistol. at least 12 members of the state police took part in the events of the 22nd of january this theory gained traction because the crime scene was altered there's an absence of shells and bullets the police also contradicted themselves in their report of the crime and in interviews with officers. the suspects are now under arrest that won't be much of a consolation to bring the parents back in guatemala he suspected her brother was among the victims even before the news of the alleged police involvement broke the law. the truth is that everyone was there from our community they all went on that trip said the relatives have told us that they died and that's how we knew that he was one of them but. this keeps happening not just the kidnapping killing an explosion of central american migr

mark, i am a loyal "circus" viewer, hopefully in this atmosphere, freed of john heilemann you'll be free to let your flag fly. i'll start with this cuckoo axios article. along the way they mentioned what many people feared and suspected, that during this time trump had basically cast aside the business of being president, the business of our country, and indeed was obsessing over this and just this. george conway said tonight we are watching the moral collapse of the republican party. mark, do you concur with that? >> oh, i do, brian. i think the party's been clawing its way to the bottom for a while now completely dysfunction junction. if pitched "the circus" as fiction years ago would be thrown out. but i guarantee there have been ten pitches in the last 24 hours. but it's a stunning story. first what you said, president checked out completely, not running the country, trying to figure out a way to save himself. and if you think -- secondly, think axios has bugged the white house. sourcing they have is incredible. so i recommend everybody read it to believe it, and you still won't beli

heilemann reports. joe biden had said things would change on the very 1st day of his presidency for the thousands in the same position as martinez she's from cuba and crossed 9 countries to ask for asylum in the united states but under a program begun 2 years ago by ex president donald trump she was put back to weigh in mexico between her court hearings she spent 2 years now waiting in see it at what is for a decision. the misfit i was that the baby can also it's quite dangerous because we're on the border we're not from here and dangerous present all the time so we put our hope in president biden and everything he promised in his campaign we hope he sticks to his promises. what joe biden promised was to end the program could remain in mexico which is see more than 60000 asylum seekers put across the border from the u.s. while they wait between court dates many were placed into gang ridden cities like qualities or matamoros with this tent camp sprung up isn't done that yet what he has done is to stop hi